The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-17
"A SIGHT TO MAKE MEN AND
ANGELS WEEP"
WILLING TO THROW THE CHOICE
INTO REPUBLICAN HANDS.
4 Tstaos-kand-biiisA Msstine-Ds. oaney De-
nosncss the Bloxham Tsctcs-Procsed-
ings In the Legislature.

Special to the Ptl,ttka Nets.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, April 16.-The
developments of last nights caucus have
been fully and freely canvassed since its
adjournment. Late into the night,
groups of excited members, citizens and
visitors thronged the hotel corridors and
street corners, holding animated discus
sions ON the situation and indulging in
all manner of speculatiOns over the prob
abilities and possibilities Of the final re-
suit. The success f the combination be-
tween BlOxham's adherents and those
casting blanks and scattering ballots, in
adjoining the caucus at the end of the
third ballot, excited indignation among
Perry's supporters. The spectacle pre-
sented to the world, of a bare majority.
composed of the desperate adherents of
one candidate, who cannot
by any possibility, secure the
Democratic nomination and the friends
of another candidate, whose name has
not yet been presented to the caucus,
conspiring to prevent the nomination of
the strongest candidate in the field and
throw the contest into the open session
without a party nomination where each
Of the three must be demeaned by q Sec
ond race, with the CHARGES of defeating
the choice of the people by means of the
Republican vote, is one to,sake men
and angels weey
THE RGI.E OR RUIN POLICY.
GOvernors Bloxham said yesterday:
II have positively enough votes which
will stayid by me first. last and all the
time to either insure my namitatIOn or
defsat a caucus nomination and terow
the election into the Legislature
If party nomination is not secured by
Tuesday, the day fixed for the election
by the State laws, the Legislature will
proceed to vote upon the subject and
my election will be secured" He de
MED all intention of withdrawing from
the contest or allowing anyone to sue
ceed to his position and votes. From
this the animus and intentions of the
Bloxham faction are quite obvious, and
their positive reliance upon the Repub-
lican vote, in the event of success i'm de-
feating party nomination, is unmis-
takably apparent. The Republicans are
really non-committal, as might be ex-
pected, but from occasional discOnnect-
ed bits of information and circumstances
which are known to exist it
will be found that only two or
three Republicans are favorable to Blox-
ham and these are unable to carry any
Of the others with them, while it is more
certainly true that at least four members
who have persistently voted for Blox-
ham from the first ballot have declared
that they cast their last ballot for him
last night.
Is BLOXHAM TIRED OF JONES?
have heard as rumOr TODAY that
Bloxham now admits that his fatal mis-
take was in not entirely repudiating and
his wOuld-be manager in the
great political drama, Mr.. C.. III. Jones,
at the first. instead of trying to shield
and save him.
day. stated positively that, SO far
as he knew, neither himself nor
any of his friends were at
tempting tn create an impression
that he knew the positions of
one or two whose votes have been cast
for him at the several ballots, and that
they were not cast with any expectation
of his becoming a candidate.
Mr.. Pasco, i'm conversation, Yesterday,
denounced the action of the friends of the
two leading candidates as a scandal to
the party, and cited the action of his own
friends and supporters in the contest
for the nomination for Governor at Pen
sacola, two years ago. in contrast with
he present complication. Incidentally,
Mr.. Pasco mentioned as fact, that he had
positively forbidden. up to this time, the
use of his name in any way by any body as
a candidate before the caucus. There are
some, however, who believe that the
particular dark horse, whose friends
have thus far prevented a nomination
without disclosing the name of their
or being willing that his
strength should be tried before the
Pasco
THE TRIFLERs.
An examination of the blank and scat
tering votes which, with the Bloxham
vote, secured the untimely al djournment |
Df the caucus last night. will show they
rsl mostly # h.. .f
a number of individuals who are not nor |
ever will be candidates The folly of |
persisting. ballot after ballot. in such |
lis roundly denounced by sensi- |
Die men of both factions and some |
express determination to force the
hands of those who are thus obstructing
the way 10 a party nomination, compel
them To name their man. give him a
chance to test his strength, and. if found
drop the name out of the
list. Through all this bitter wrangle of
the contending factions of the party the
Republican minority look ON with amused
interest, watching for the time to come
when they have the man who shall he
the Democratic United States Senator.
from Democratic Florida.
GOVERNOR PERRY'S MANLINESS.
With a dignity and fine sense of the
proprieties which is winning him friends.
if not votes. Governor Perry remains at
work in his Office attending faithfully to
the duties which the people of Florida
nent him here to perform.
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